Door-securer.



PATENTED 1 31;. 25, 1908 L. 0. SMITH.

DOOR SBGURER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26. 1907. I

attouww OFFICE.

LEWIS G. SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DOOR-SECURER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed April Zh- 1907- Serizd No. 370.387.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, LEWIS C. SMITH, a. citizen of the bmted States,residing at ew York city, in the county of New York, State of New York,have invented certain new and Another object is to provide it secure:-

which may be im nufa-ctured at a low figure.

l-.i the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in,whicblike numerals of reference indicate imihir ports in the several views,Fiwrc 1 is a. sectional view of a portion of a door and the framethereof, the present invention beingillustrated in use in connection.therewith. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the complete fastener.

Rolex-ring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises a. plate5 having anenhirged rounded portion 6 at one end and having alatcrallyextending finger S at its opposite end, the plate beinglongitudinally slotted, as shown at 7, between its rounded portion andits finger.

Formed longitudinally through the rounded portion there .vhichcommunicates with the slot 7 and engaged in this passage there is aset-screw It) having a. flattened finger-piece 1 l at its other end.

A member 12 is providedv which is in the form oi an elongated block andthis block is l'ormed ttl one corner thereof with :1 pltnolit ol"stepped notches therein, as shown at 13, the sides of these notchesextending at right- ;mgles to each other and parallel with thecorresponding edges of the member. Formed utthe long side of the blockwhich joins the.

notched surface, end at the opposite end of this side from the notchedsurl'ure there is'a, tmiisversely-lmoadened portion H which, inpractice, rests against the door.

in use, the linger 8 is insertml in the latcle receiving recess (L of a.door-frame, and the door is hen closed against the plate The is a.threaded passage 9,

member 12 is then inserted in the slot 7 with its broadened port-ion 14resting against the door und'the set-screw 1.0 is then operated to clampthe member securely in position.

it is a well-known fact that the face plate I), which is secured "to thedoor-frame and which has the openings 0 through which the latch and boltof a lock niss to secure the door, generally extends sl ightly beyondthe side of the door-frame, which lies in the direction in which thedoor swings open, this projecting portion of the plate receivingtherezigainst the beveled face of the doorlntch, and the notches 13 are;disposed to receive this outwardly projecting portion of the face plateto give the member 12 an even bearing SUIlzWC at both sides of the plate5, and the plurality ol notches 13 is provided so that the member not beadjusted to suit face plates extending zltdill'orent distances beyondthe door frame.

While the invention has been described and illustrated in connectionwith a door and its frame, it is to be understood that it may be a)plied with equal facility to a window, and iorms, in either instance, akeyless lock which is practically; burglar-proof.

\Vhat is claimed,

A door securer comprising a plate having an enlarged portion at. one endand having a luternllv-cxtending linger-zit its opposite end, said.phrto. having a. longitudinal slot' between its enlarged portion andlinger, said enlarged portion barring a. threaded longitudinal passageformed therethrough communicating with the slot, :1 member engugcd inthe slot and extending oppositelybeyond the plate, said member having abroadened portion at one end 11nd at its side which lies in lllt'direction of" the linger and having its corner at its opposite end fromthe broadened portion in the direction ol' the linger cut away at anangle, the resulting slanting lure being not hed, and it screw engagedin the threaded passage :1 d impinging against the member. said lingerbeing adapted or engsgemont in the'oponing of a door-frame inc: plate,and said member being adopted to receive on edge oi said face plate inits notches intcrclmngeubly.

.l n testimony whereof I allix' my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

- LEWIS C. S'Mllll.

Witnesses:

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